Organisms with unusual genomes are helping scientists investigate gene regulation, evolution, and development.

Scientists extracted 4,500-year-old yeast from Egyptian pottery to use in breadmaking.

Governor Phil Murphy signs a bill honoring the bacterium discovered in his state’s soil, now known for its antibiotic compounds used to treat tuberculosis.

A study underscores the importance of Dna2 in maintaining the integrity of the genetic code.

A study on yeast illuminates how insertions may occur.

Genes inserted into the yeast genome produce the compounds CBD and THC in the microbes.

Two studies contest the idea that the noncoding sequences are just “junk DNA,” demonstrating that they play important roles in the regulation of cell growth.

Images from the country’s Chang’e-4 lunar lander show the first sprouting plants.

Scientist D. Allan Drummond’s study of life in sculpture aims to provoke curiosity and wonder about the world.